Annotation:Willie Winkie's Testament (2)

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WILLIE WINK(IE)'S TESTAMENT [2]. AKA – “Willie Winks,” “Willie Winkie”.” AKA and see "Cobbler's Hornpipe (2)," "Connolly's Reel," “Craig's Pipes,” "Edenderry Reel (The)," "Fiddler is Drunk (The)," "Foxhunters Reel (1)," “Greg's Pipe Tune,” “Gregg's Pipes,” “Gun Do Dhuit Am Bodach Fodar Dhomh” (Old Man Wouldn’t Give Me Straw (The)), "Kerry Huntsman (The)," "Kregg's Pipes," “Limber Elbow (The),” “Manchester (The),” "Píopaí Greig,” "Willy Wilky." Scottish, Strathspey; English, Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AABB (most versions). A version of the melody appears in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers (about whom, unfortunately, nothing is known), whose is “Willy Wilky, or, Cobler’s [sic] Hornpipe.” The tune is usually set as a strathspey, although hornpipe-like versions have been found in England.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Bremner (Scots Reels), c. 1757; p. 61. Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 498. Gow (Complete Repository, Part 2), 1802; p. 29. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 147 (appears as “Willie Winkie”). Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880’s; No. 189, p. 22. Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 305 (appears as "Willy Wilky"). Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pp. 66-67.

Recorded sources:

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []

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